St. Louis Southwestern Railway

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf railway station
gptkbp:acquisition gptkb:Southern_Pacific_Railroad
gptkbp:built 1998
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:Missouri_Pacific_Railroad
gptkbp:divisions gptkb:Cotton_Belt_Division
gptkbp:founded 1889
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Tyler,_Texas
gptkbp:historical_significance Cotton_industry_transportation
gptkbp:historicalEvent Acquisition_by_Southern_Pacific_in_1988
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label St. Louis Southwestern Railway
gptkbp:is_a_route_for Little_Rock_to_Dallas
gptkbp:keyPeople gptkb:William_J._McCulloch
gptkbp:logistics Coal
Manufactured goods
Lumber
Agricultural_products
gptkbp:operates freight services
passenger services
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Southern_United_States
gptkbp:operational_status Defunct
gptkbp:parent_company gptkb:Union_Pacific_Corporation
gptkbp:passenger_traffic Limited service in the 20th century
gptkbp:previousName gptkb:Cotton_Belt_Route
gptkbp:railwayLine SSW
Expanded in the early 1900s
Influence on regional economy
Collectible items related to the railway
Preserved locomotives and rolling stock
Historical societies preserve its history
Books and articles about its history
Annual reunions and celebrations
Interconnected with other major railroads
Significant in regional rail development
Post_World_War_II_decline
Part_of_the_Southern_Pacific_system
Cotton_Belt_logo
Missouri_Pacific_merger_in_1982
Significant_in_the_development_of_the_American_South
gptkbp:route Cotton_Belt_Route_map
Texas_to_Missouri
gptkbp:servicesProvided 1990s
gptkbp:serviceType Freight and passenger
gptkbp:subsidiary gptkb:Cotton_Belt_Railroad
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad
gptkbp:track Standard gauge
gptkbp:training approximately 1,200 miles
gptkbp:trainTypes Class I railroad